Method of making shovels



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY M. MYERS, OF BEAVER FALLS, PENNSYLVANIA.

METHOD OF MAKING SHOVELS.

SPECIPICATION.forming part of Letters Patent No. 340,604, dated April 27, 1886.

Application filed February '24, 1883. Renewed October 22, 185).). Serial No. 180,635. (X model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY M. Mynns, of Beaver Falls, in the county of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Methods of Manufacturing Blanks for the Making of Plain-Back Shovels, Scoops, and Spades; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to the manufacture of blanks for the making of plain-back shovels, scoops, and spades; and it consists in rolling or hammering a bar of iron or steel to a determined thickness,width, and length, then forming an opening transversely through said bar, heating it, and forging or drawing out a part of it for forming the front and back straps for the wooden handle, all of which will hereinafter more fully and at large appear.

To enable others skilled in the art with which my invention is most nearly connected to make and use it, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a bar of iron or steel of a determined thickness, width, and length. Fig. 2 represents said bar with an opening transversely through it. Fig. 3 represents a side view of said bar when a portion of it is forged or drawn out for forming the front and back straps for the wooden handle. Fig. 4 is an edge view of the same. Fig. 5 represents a side elevation of the punch or dies for forming the opening transversely through said bar. Fig. 6 represents a bar of iron or steel for forming a single blank. Fig. 7 represents an opening or slot made in one end of said bar. Fig. 8 represents said bar with a part of it forged or drawn out for forming the front and back straps for the wooden handle.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a bar of iron or steel for forming two shovelblanks. Transversely through said baris made an opening, B, by means of a punch or dies such as shown in Fig. 5, which punch or dies are arranged in a suitable drop-machine or steam-hammer, and furnished with a guide and stripper adapted to different sizes of bars for different sizes of blanks.

to the skill of the art with which they are most nearly connected.

That portion of the bar A between the lines :0 3 shown in Fig. 2, and marked D, is heated prior to making the transverse opening B through said bar, and said opening is formed by causing the punch or die 6 to be forced into the bar A to about one-half the width of it, as indicated in Fig. 5, (the dotted lines j representing the bar A.) The bar is then turned with the lower edge upward, and the other 11 al f of the transverse opening B formed therein. That part of the bar A marked D, between the lines a: 3/ shown in Fig. 2, is heated sufficiently to be forged or drawn out into the form shown in Fig. 8 for forming the front and back straps, e f, for the wooden handle. The two blanks are then separated by cutting them through at line y.

The parts marked 0 G are for forming the blade ofthe shovel, scoop, or spade. Thesoeket (indicated by dotted lines In in Fig. 3) for the lower end of the wooden handle is formed in the blank by any of the means known to the art.

The line of separation between the straps e f is indicated at g in Fig. l. The blank is then heated and the shovel-blade and handlestraps plated out in the usual way and by the ordinary means.

In constructing asingle blank a short bar, A, (shown in Fig. 6,) is heated and split or a slot formed in one end of it between lines 00 m, as indicated at h. The split or slotted portion (marked D) is for forming the handlestraps, and the part O for forming the blade of the shovel, scoop, or spade.

The socket (indicated by the dotted line Z in Fig. 8) for the reception of the lower end of the wooden haudleis formed in the blank by any means known to the art. The blank is subsequently heated, and the blade and its handlestraps formed by the rolling or plating process. The advantages of constructing blanks for plain backs by the method hereinbefore described oonsists in simplicity and facility in their manufacture, with diminished cost and labor, and in the further advantage of dispensing with the welding process heretofore practiced in the manufacture of blanks for plain backs, which welding process very frequently results in the burning ofstoek, and therefore the making of a very inferior shovel, and the construction of blanks for plain hacks for 5 the manufactnre of solid steel shovels without the welding process cannot be overestimated. Having thus described my improvement, what I claim as of my invention is The method hereinbefore described of man- 10 nfacturing blanks for the making of plainback shovels, scoops, or spades, consisting in rolling or hammering a bar of iron or steel to a determined thickness,width, or length, heating it and forming an opening transversely through it, again heating it, and forging or drawing out that part of said bar through which said opening is made for forming the front and back handle-straps.

HENRY M. MYERS. Vitnesses:

S. Y. CALVIN, HENRY H1013. 

